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BIOLOGY

College Learning Outcomes:

  1. Written, Oral and Visual Communication: Communicate effectively in writing, orally and/or visually using traditional and/or modern information resources and supporting technology.
  2. Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning: Locate, identify, collect, and organize data in order to then analyze, interpret or evaluate it using mathematical skills and/or the scientific method.
  3. Critical Thinking: Differentiate between facts, influences, opinions, and assumptions to reach reasoned and supportable conclusions.
  4. Problem Solving: Recognize and identify the components of a problem or issue, look at it from multiple perspectives and investigate ways to resolve it.
  5. Information Literacy: Formulate strategies to locate, evaluate and apply information from a variety of sources - print and/or electronic.

Attachments:

Pdf of what each course fulfills:
Bloom's Taxonomy:
SLO for Biology 224:

SEE BELOW FOR COURSE OUTLINE SLOs ATTACHMENT.


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First: Please rank on a scale of 1 to 5 (5=high) - how important each of these general outcomes are to to each of your classes in the matrix as follows:
CLASS NAME
Effective
Communication

Scientific or
Quantitative
Reasoning

Critical
Thinking
ProblemSolving
Information
Literacy



BIOL 099
3

4
4
2


BIOL 100
3
3
4
3


BIOL 101
2
3
3
1


BIOL 104
4
3
3
3


BIOL 107
3
3
4
3


BIOL 108A
3
2
5
2


BIOL 109










BIOL 110
3
4
5
2


BIOL 110L
4
5
5
1


BIOL 112A
3
4
4
3


BIOL 112B
3
4
4
4


BIOL 112C
3
5
4
3


BIOL 120
4
3
5
2


BIOL 138
2
4
5
3


BIOL 140










BIOL 142











CLASS NAME
Effective
Communication

Scientific or
Quantitative
Reasoning

Critical
Thinking
ProblemSolving
Information
Literacy



BIOL 143
3
4
5
5


BIOL 145
3
3
3
3


BIOL 147
3
4
5
5


BIOL 148
3
4
5
5


BIOL 150
5
5
5
1


BIOL 159
3
3
3
1


BIOL 160
4
3
5
3


BIOL 161
3
4
4
5


BIOL 162
3
3
5
2


BIOL 163










BIOL 164
2
3
3
1


BIOL 165
3
3
3
5


BIOL 167
2
3
3
1


BIOL 169A
2
3
3
1


BIOL 169B
2
3
3
1


BIOL 170
2
3
3
1


BIOL 171
3
3
3
2


BIOL 224
3
5
4
3


BIOL 235
3
4
4
3


BIOL 237
3
3
3
1


BIOL 240
4
4
4
3


BIOL 244A






BIOL 244B






BIOL 245
2
3
3
1


BIOL 250
5
5
5
1
















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